Question on the anti crash technology

[Jocko PDX]

My daughter is home from college and driving the Denali. She asked me a question that I cannot answer. The Denali is equipped with a technology that breaks automatically to help you avoid crashes. My daughter asked me how to over ride this in case there was a "bad guy" blocking her way.. Like a car jacker or something similar.. Any ideas?

 

[Doubeleive]

My daughter is home from college and driving the Denali. She asked me a question that I cannot answer. The Denali is equipped with a technology that breaks automatically to help you avoid crashes. My daughter asked me how to over ride this in case there was a "bad guy" blocking her way.. Like a car jacker or something similar.. Any ideas?

should be in the owners manual, other than that teach her how to aim for the center

 

[KMeloney]

My daughter is home from college and driving the Denali. She asked me a question that I cannot answer. The Denali is equipped with a technology that breaks automatically to help you avoid crashes. My daughter asked me how to over ride this in case there was a "bad guy" blocking her way.. Like a car jacker or something similar.. Any ideas?

It can be turned off in the Settings menu.

 

[WalleyeMikeIII]

Turn off the park assist by hitting the button left of the steering wheel on the dash w/ a P and what looks like a sideways wifi symbol...

 

[UsualSuspect]

I can override mine by accelerating, the red flashing you are going to crash still occurs, but if you keep your foot on the gas it won't apply the brakes.

 

[Marky Dissod]

I can override mine by accelerating,
the red flashing you are going to crash still occurs,
but if you keep your foot on the gas it won't apply the brakes.

As someone who learned how to drive in the early '80s on an automatic, I happened to stumble upon the ability to 'double-foot' very early; as a result I am slightly more adept than most at using the brake and the gas pedal simultaneously.

I bring that up to say:
When you say
"I can override mine by accelerating ... if you keep your foot on the gas it won't apply the brakes"
how can you be sure of the difference between
the brake is being applied but the gas is being allowed to overpower a limited application of the brakes
vs
the brake is absolutely not at all being applied
?

 

[Stbentoak]

I've had mine flashed the red lights at me, but I've never had it jab those brakes. Makes sense? Something turned off? My last vehicle would flash, and a millisecond later would start hitting those brakes.

 

[CMoore711]

As others have stated you should be able to change the application of the brakes in the vehicle setting menu. There should be an "apply brakes" (or similar) option so then when turned off it would still flash the red lights on the dash and/or heads up display but would NOT apply the brakes.

 

[Smokin Denali]

My daughter is home from college and driving the Denali. She asked me a question that I cannot answer. The Denali is equipped with a technology that breaks automatically to help you avoid crashes. My daughter asked me how to over ride this in case there was a "bad guy" blocking her way.. Like a car jacker or something similar.. Any ideas?

Reverse......

 

[KMeloney]

Reverse......

Clever… but it brakes when it senses someone behind you, too.